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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

I originally posted this on the Nail Board but not everybody who reads blogs also reads NB so... NB'ers, forgive me for being repetitive.

We all know that the price we pay for cosmetics items is marked up way over the cost of manufacturing. That's fine. That's the way it works. We also often suspect that prestige and luxury brands are also probably not that much better than the cheapie stuff... that is, proportional to the price differential.

So it's incredibly funny to me that my love of "cheap thrills" could have been my love of expensive polish in this one case: Priti. Priti markets itself as an "organic" cosmetics line (and I wonder if that's just supposed to mean "B3F") and their polishes are often sold at higher end spas and healthy alternative living stores for at least $12 each. (They're $12.50 on the Priti website.)

$12.50 is a lot to pay for a polish.

But $2.00 isn't. And what company makes awesome polishes for $2?

Diamond Cosmetics. My favorite cheap thrill. :D

When All Lacquered Up posted about Priti's teal-colored Tulip Tree polish, someone on NB commented that it looked a heck of a lot like Diamond Cosmetics' Don't Teal My Heart Away. Same color, same shaped bottle. Combined with someone's recent experience going into Henri Bendel's and being led to a display of overpriced "organic" polishes, only to find one called Never So Ever-Green, it didn't take long to develop the opinion that Diamond furnishes Priti's private label polishes. Even little polish dollops on the Priti website look identical to the little polish dollops on the Diamond website. Check out the Tulip Tree dollop and the Don't Teal My Heart Away dollop. The Bluestar dollop and the Oh Tiff! dollop. The Lambstail Cactus dollop and the Chainmail Charm dollop.

So for anyone who sees a Priti polish that they REALLY REALLY want, here is a handy dandy little conversion chart based on matching the dollops to help you save money. ;) (There are more but I got tired of looking at dollops and some of the Priti polishes are missing dollops.)

I've purchased quite a few Priti Polishes..but that list helped a lot. I also like Diamond Cosmetics. Do you know of any Diamond matches to Priti's Imperial Frosty Rose, Magic Man Iris, and Wishbone Flower?

Rachell, Imperial Frosty Rose and Wishbone Flower don't have dollops so I'm not sure about those, but Magic Man Iris's dollop appears to be a match for Diamond's #175 Venom. (I downloaded the dollop pics and enlarged and the reflections match.)

I would like to clarify these messages that Priti NYC is supposively manufactured by Diamond Cosmetics... Apparently a very unethical blogger has claimed over and over again that Priti NYC is manufactured by Diamond Cosmetics. Based on misleading and unaccurate information she acquired elsewhere. She has even gone as far as to claim, that this has been confirmed by the owner of Priti NYC, Kim D'Amato. Which is also another false statement!

Today, I write to you directly from Priti NYC with the TRUTH behind this matter. These statements are in fact UNTRUE & FALSE! Priti NYC Nail Care is in fact is manufactured by FIABILA and NOT Diamond Cosmetics. So when looking to find out the truth... Only believe the information comes directly from Priti NYC.

Thank You,Catherine AcostaChief Business Development Officer for Priti NYC LLC.www.pritinyc.com

Diamond Cosmetics makes their polishes available for private label use. Anyone with sense can tell that Priti, Karma Organics and others are using Diamond Cosmetics colors that you can get for less than $3 a bottle.